Accountant
Recruitment drive
Our client
Our client is a specialist water well drilling company. Their customers range from major mining companies to small environmental organisations.
We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.



Accountant
The role
We are looking for an Accountant to assist the General Manager and Administration Accounts team that has seen a huge growth in the business and need some assistance to get the workload into order.
The duties for this position will include:
About you
This is a standalone role with broad responsibilities. It would suit an experienced Accountant or Financial Controller who has a sound understanding of financial management, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting and HR.
The successful candidate will need:
About the client
Our client is a well-respected drilling company, with contracts all over Australia. Their promise is to provide efficient and professional services for all drilling and sampling requirements across Australia.
They pride themselves on being an ISO-accredited company, with an approachable management team and a dynamic workforce. They are seeking an experienced Accountant to take care of financial management in their Perth branch.

Selection criteria | Screen | Interview | Docs. | Skill test | Profiling | Refs. |
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Education | ||||||
CA / CPA qualification | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Experience | ||||||
Payroll for 40 staff - MYOB desirable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Mining / engineering / construction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
ERP system | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
AP and AR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
General ledger operations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Reconciliations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
MYOB cashbook maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Financial report preparation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
BAS returns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Preparing and lodging payroll tax return | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Other | ||||||
Microsoft Office - advanced | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Discrepancy investigation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Meet statutory and internal deadlines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Accurate data entry; attention to detail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Can apply technical equipment in the production process | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Verify LinkedIn vs CV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Accept expected salary ($75k) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Previous warning of termination? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Will you pass a drug test? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Behaviour | ||||||
Dominance - 60% | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Influence - 55% | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Steadiness - 27% | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Compliance - 51% | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Forms signed | ||||||
Health / police check | ✓ | |||||
Signed document - tell the truth | ✓ | |||||
Docs verified | ||||||
Driver’s licence | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Citizen AU / NZ or PR | ✓ | ✓ |
DISC profile - Accountant
This role requires an individual who is able to conduct their work in an efficient manner, focusing on the practical side of the role and approaching problems in a professional and objective manner.
This is a role that requires the type of individual who prefers time to prepare and think before acting; weighing up the pros and cons before making any final decisions. Specifically requiring a thoughtful and steady type, who plans before speaking or doing.
Accountant

Shortlisted candidates
Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:
Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Applications received
68
Interviewed by 11 Recruitment
13
Shortlisted
7
Interviewed by client
5
Hired
1
Feedback
"Ashleigh was fantastic and kept us in the loop during the whole process, provided detailed information about the candidates and keep searching until we were totally satisfied with the individual we finally employed.
A very pleasant experience for us as business owners and a great company to deal with."